Three dead, 24 injured in clashes during Holi celebrations

Govind Yadav (40) and Narayan Yadav (45), two brothers, were shot dead and six others injured when people from two castes clashed over mud-throwing at Asahni village in Chhapra district, police said.

In another incident, a child received gunshot injuries and 18 others were injured in a clash following a quarrel over Holi celebrations at Rivilganj bazaar.

A youth was shot dead by three gunmen after he resisted uprooting of plants from his land for 'holika dahan' (a ritual symbolic of destruction of evil) at a village in Nawada district last night.